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Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M., 14-Sep-2005

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Kirk P.M., 14-Sep-2005.

Physical Description

Genus Badhamia:

Sporocarps stipitate or sessile to short-plasmodiocarpous. Columella absent or present. Capillitium a network of calcareous tubules, sometimes also with hyaline threads. Spores free or conglobate.

Species Badhamia viridescens:

Sporocarps 0.3-0.4 mm diam. and slightly less tall, scattered, sessile, pulvinate, creamy-white, shining. Peridium yellow-brown, with white lime, with wide limy and slender ± perpendicular limeless tubular invaginations, the apices of the larger invaginations corresponding to dimples in the peridium. Capillitium scanty, in part merging with the invaginations, consisting of simple and ± straight or undulate or scantily branched and anastomosed, violet-brown tubules, with few or no lime granules, with axillary membranous expansions which are sometimes perforated or with dark, bulbous, limeless swellings. Spores pale grey, 13.5-15 µm diam., with dense, dark spinules up to 0.5 µm long.

Plasmodium pale brown to almost colourless. Hypothallus very thin, colourless. Sessile, scattered to gregarious, varying from pulvinate sporocarps to thin, usually flattened, effused plasmodiocarps which are elongate to irregular and up to 18 mm long, occasionally globose on a narrowed base and then 0.4-0.7 mm diam., usually grey or white, or light brown when superficial deposits of lime are sparse. Peridium membranous, translucent, brown to colourless, with scattered lime or sometimes with a dense coating of lime granules or, when lime is absent, often distinctly pitted at the origins of threads. Dehiscence irregular. Myxocarps basally dark brown. Spore-mass dark brown. Spores violet-brown, verruculose, 9-11 µm diam.

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Distribution

Similar Species

Members of the genus Badhamia:

There are approximately 3 species and subspecies in this genus: B. bibasilis · B. tirolensis · B. viridescens

Bibliography

• (J. Yamashiro) T.E. Brooks and H.W. Keller, in H.W. Keller and T.E. Brooks 1976 Corticolous Myxomycetes IV: Badhamiopsis, a new genus for Badhamia ainoae Mycologia 68:834-841
• Emoto 1977 The Myxomycetes of Japan Sangyo Tosho, Tokyo.:142 [as Badhamia ainoae]
• H.Z. Li 1989, in anon. (ed.) Fungi and Lichens Shennongjia 26
• Ing 1999 The Myxomycetes of Britain and Ireland Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd.:233
• Keller and Braun 1999 Myxomycetes of Ohio Ohio Biological Survey.:119
• Martin and Alexopoulos 1969 The Myxomycetes Univ. Iowa Press.:251 [as Badhamia ainoae]
• Nann.-Bremek. and Yamamoto, Y. 1988 Badhamiopsis cavifera (Myxomycetes), a new species from Japan Journal of Japanese Botany 63(6):228-230
• Nannenga-Bremekamp 1991 A guide to Temperate Myxomycetes Biopress Ltd., Bristol.:181
• Yamamoto, Y. 1998 The Myxomycete Biota of Japan Toyo Shorin Publishing Co., Ltd.:375

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Eumycetozoa.com
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Mitchell, David W. December 21, 2007. Provided taxonomic information, physical description, and bibliographic content.
• Species Fungorum 2006.

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Collection of Hermann Neubert
• Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns: The Myxomycetes Collections at the Botanische Staatssammlung München - Main Collection

Identifiers:

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14375308
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:281859
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3420077